Philosophy Bites from the OU

Lessons in Learning to Learn Should we be teaching children how to learn as well as what to learn? Well, duh! as the children say. Here's some ideas from what Jackie Beere has been doing at her secondary school for the past few years
Learning in the 21st Century Wanted for the 21st century workforce: Resilient, independent learners who have flexible skills and competencies, work well in teams and can lead themselves and others to perform up to and beyond their potential.
A Paediatric Neurologist Speaks Using the science of the brain to understand how children learn

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So, You Want to Build a New School
A ten-point plan on how to get BSF right from a school that has done it - and done it under budget, ahead of schedule and achieved their best ever GCSE results in the middle of it.

I’m a teacher, get me OUTSIDE here!
Sticks are not a commonly used resource in most schools. Images of children getting hurt through being poked in the eye run rife through the heads of many teachers.

40 'Facts' I Learned at School
'Imagination is more important than knowledge' according to Einstein. 'I want there to be core curriculum content – facts, knowledge' according to Michael Gove. One of them is a genius who changed the course of the world, the other is Michael Gove

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